This random loaner to the Project came very early this morning courtesy of the coat closet at my dentist's office and is proof that, if you ask, pretty much anyone with a head has access to some kind of hat.

Nancy goes to the closet, opens it up, peers way in the top back corner, gets a step stool, stands on it and reaches halfway to Pasadena (to office is in Beverly Hills, BTW) and retrieved this messaged millinery.

I'm guessing the "No SOB" is what makes visiting Dr,. Hanam-Jahr's office for my dental prophylaxis and the occasional bitewing X-ray so pleasurable.

Q: OK, nice hat -- but what exactly is Project Cubbins, anyway?A: One man's homage to Dr. Seuss and his second book, "The 500 Hats of Bartholemew Cubbins," which is celebrating the 75th anniversary of its publication in 2013, Project Cubbins is an attempt to document the wearing of a different hat or piece of headgear every day for 500 consecutive days. No do-aheads, no banking of hats, no retroactive entries. PC started on May 27, 2013 with Hat 1. Got hats? If you loan 'em, you'll get e'm back safe and sound!

About Me

Adam Tschorn is currently a staff writer at the Los Angeles Times where his coverage of fashion, style and popular culture most often appears online at All The Rage and in the hard copy of the Sunday Los Angeles Times Image section.

He's been covering menswear since 2004 and wearing it much, much longer than that. He holds a BA in philosophy and an MA in journalism, which has prepared him perfectly for watching fashion shows and asking: "Why?"